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Individual success depends on both |
Social environment and biological inheritance |
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The science concerned with the interactions between living things and their environment |
Ecology |
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Human ecology applies some of the findings of the biological sciences to the problems of |
Social science |
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The study of the number and characteristics of a population |
Demography |
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In 2010 the approximate population of the World was |
3 billion |
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Birth rate and death rates are |
Key determinants of population |
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Population growth in the United States and Western Europe |
Has slowed down because of birth control |
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World population has grown rapidly since the 1800s because |
The death rate has declined |
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In 1798 “an Essay on the principal of population as it affects the future improvement of society” was written by |
Thomas Malthus |
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Industrial pollution, depletion of water table and smokestack emissions are all threats to the |
Ecological balance |
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The most important US government anti pollution agency is the |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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Demographic problems are |
Constantly changing |
